The time is now, and the campaign is afoot! Head on over to this thread to introduce your character, and we'll get this ball rolling. (And of course, if you have any questions, just let me know!)
Hey, gang! Just a quick note that I'll (unfortunately) be headed out for a work trip tomorrow morning, from 6/5-6/8. I'll plan to check in and respond to things in the evenings where possible, but will definitely be less consistent than normal for the next few days.
Nevertheless, thrilled to be kicking things off with you all, and hope everyone's having a nice week!
@Yello Perfect! No problem. And as long as you’re rolling on your character sheet (which you are!) the game log tracks all the rolls, so I’m just checking everything there. (The forum dice roller can be a little … idiosyncratic sometimes.)
Also, just a note that I’ll definitely get you all a post up by Sunday — I‘m aiming for tomorrow, but with my conference and travel, TBD on how feasible that will be.
Hey all! Planning on getting a post up today, so just a gentle nudge to those who haven't posted to have an opportunity to move/prepare/anything else before the kobolds run into Xintris and Cy. :)
Actually since Jojo's throwing himself into combat, let's just have everyone go ahead and roll initiative on your character sheet, and post that result here! (That definitely doesn't mean your character has to enter combat if they don't want to, but just for the sake of pacing things out.)
The way we'll run this for the time being is that you all can post in any order, regardless of initiative, for the sake of keeping things moving, but I'll do my best to resolve things in initiative order. (If a situation arises that makes this impossible, we'll sort things out a case-by-case basis, and go from there. If a later post with an earlier initiative order would have made null an enemy's action that's already been posted, that's fine! I'm always happy to readjust, and I always want you to be able to dig into everything in your toolbox.)
So to kick us off, and for transparency's sake, the kobolds' initiative is: 15 And the other cloaked figure's initiative is: 18
For the sake of "combat rounds," the expectation will be for each person to post once (and only once) per round; once everyone has posted, or about 48 hours following my prior post (whichever comes first), we'll move on to the next round.
If you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to let me know! We can always adjust formatting and approach as needed to suit whatever's the most fun for everybody.
Ok yeah I was curious how this was gonna work. Not entirely clear on which kobolds are which, so I was just wondering if maybe we should assign them numbers? Also sorry Luma I should have positioned myself to account for attacks of opportunity ;w;
Also just wanted to ask if that 5 damage from the kobold is accounting for rage halving it or not already, in which case I just want to establish now whether you'll give raw damage numbers or numbers after damage resistance (and in which case I think it's better to do the former and I can keep track of the actual damage taken on my end) :o
SO! I'll roll initiative and, since I've already declared my actions, make sure to alter my sheet and also roll for an attack.
Initiative: 7
Reckless Attack (+ Advantage, Bless): 24 + 2 = 26
Damage (If hit lands): 7+2=9
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(P.S. I promise I won't be playing Jojo as someone who constantly picks fights where they aren't necessary, this just seemed like a fringe case where there's motive to fight and I received those lovely buffs from our party members)
I think that's a great idea! I'd been playing around with ways to label/track them, so let me go ahead and mess around with a couple things and I'll add something to the maps/attack descriptions to make it all a bit clearer which is which.
And those are raw damage numbers, thank you for checking! It just seemed easiest to give you (everyone) the raw number and then let you adjust where relevant on your end, so of course in this case 5 should be reduced to 2 for Jojo.
Anyway, all of that sounds great, and I'll go ahead and resolve that hit/damage at the end of the round.
Alright, maps have been updated to hopefully make everything a little clearer! But please, if you have any more questions, or if there's anything that could use further clarification, let me know. In the meantime, just to keep track of everyone's turns this round, we're currently looking at:
Also for posterity I just wanted to double up on a note here, while Shifted (different from rage but I activated it the turn before), Jojo cannot be attacked with advantage from any source within 30 feet, meaning no repercussions for Reckless Attack and no Pack Tactics from the kobolds. This'll be the last time I bring it up, just wanted to have it here in the OOC thread too.
The time is now, and the campaign is afoot! Head on over to this thread to introduce your character, and we'll get this ball rolling. (And of course, if you have any questions, just let me know!)
Hey, gang! Just a quick note that I'll (unfortunately) be headed out for a work trip tomorrow morning, from 6/5-6/8. I'll plan to check in and respond to things in the evenings where possible, but will definitely be less consistent than normal for the next few days.
Nevertheless, thrilled to be kicking things off with you all, and hope everyone's having a nice week!
@Cacs, go ahead and give me an insight check as Luma tries to discern the figures’ intentions!
Insight check: 11
@Yello let’s do an intimidation check for Jojo!
Omg woops ok! I was forgetting to check here lol
Rolled a 15! + I took a screenshot for proof but am on mobile so woops can't send it.
Wondering if there's a way to link character sheets directly to threads so that the math is done in a post for transparency purposes.
@Yello Perfect! No problem. And as long as you’re rolling on your character sheet (which you are!) the game log tracks all the rolls, so I’m just checking everything there. (The forum dice roller can be a little … idiosyncratic sometimes.)
Also, just a note that I’ll definitely get you all a post up by Sunday — I‘m aiming for tomorrow, but with my conference and travel, TBD on how feasible that will be.
Hey all! Planning on getting a post up today, so just a gentle nudge to those who haven't posted to have an opportunity to move/prepare/anything else before the kobolds run into Xintris and Cy. :)
Actually since Jojo's throwing himself into combat, let's just have everyone go ahead and roll initiative on your character sheet, and post that result here! (That definitely doesn't mean your character has to enter combat if they don't want to, but just for the sake of pacing things out.)
The way we'll run this for the time being is that you all can post in any order, regardless of initiative, for the sake of keeping things moving, but I'll do my best to resolve things in initiative order. (If a situation arises that makes this impossible, we'll sort things out a case-by-case basis, and go from there. If a later post with an earlier initiative order would have made null an enemy's action that's already been posted, that's fine! I'm always happy to readjust, and I always want you to be able to dig into everything in your toolbox.)
So to kick us off, and for transparency's sake, the kobolds' initiative is: 15
And the other cloaked figure's initiative is: 18
For the sake of "combat rounds," the expectation will be for each person to post once (and only once) per round; once everyone has posted, or about 48 hours following my prior post (whichever comes first), we'll move on to the next round.
If you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to let me know! We can always adjust formatting and approach as needed to suit whatever's the most fun for everybody.
9 for Nemira!
Cy initiative 18
(And just an FYI for those keeping track at home, Cy's got the higher dex, so his turn will be resolved before the cloaked figure's.)
Initiative for Harliblith: 11
Ok yeah I was curious how this was gonna work. Not entirely clear on which kobolds are which, so I was just wondering if maybe we should assign them numbers? Also sorry Luma I should have positioned myself to account for attacks of opportunity ;w;
Also just wanted to ask if that 5 damage from the kobold is accounting for rage halving it or not already, in which case I just want to establish now whether you'll give raw damage numbers or numbers after damage resistance (and in which case I think it's better to do the former and I can keep track of the actual damage taken on my end) :o
SO! I'll roll initiative and, since I've already declared my actions, make sure to alter my sheet and also roll for an attack.
Initiative: 7
Reckless Attack (+ Advantage, Bless): 24 + 2 = 26
Damage (If hit lands): 7+2=9
-------------------------------------
(P.S. I promise I won't be playing Jojo as someone who constantly picks fights where they aren't necessary, this just seemed like a fringe case where there's motive to fight and I received those lovely buffs from our party members)
I think that's a great idea! I'd been playing around with ways to label/track them, so let me go ahead and mess around with a couple things and I'll add something to the maps/attack descriptions to make it all a bit clearer which is which.
And those are raw damage numbers, thank you for checking! It just seemed easiest to give you (everyone) the raw number and then let you adjust where relevant on your end, so of course in this case 5 should be reduced to 2 for Jojo.
Anyway, all of that sounds great, and I'll go ahead and resolve that hit/damage at the end of the round.
Alright, maps have been updated to hopefully make everything a little clearer! But please, if you have any more questions, or if there's anything that could use further clarification, let me know. In the meantime, just to keep track of everyone's turns this round, we're currently looking at:
Cy: 18 initiative (cast mage hand)
Cloaked figure: 18 initiative (moved, held action)
Kobolds: 15 initiative (all 5 moved, attacking Jojo, Cy, Xintris, Luma)
Harliblith: 11 initiative (hiding, no further action/movement)
Nemira: 9 initiative (TURN NOT YET TAKEN)
Jojo: 7 initiative (attacked kobold #5)
Xintris: 3 initiative (TURN NOT YET TAKEN)
Luma: TBD initiative (TURN NOT YET TAKEN)
If any of that doesn't sound right, or if you had something else in mind, just let me know!
Awesome!
Also for posterity I just wanted to double up on a note here, while Shifted (different from rage but I activated it the turn before), Jojo cannot be attacked with advantage from any source within 30 feet, meaning no repercussions for Reckless Attack and no Pack Tactics from the kobolds. This'll be the last time I bring it up, just wanted to have it here in the OOC thread too.
Yep, you got it! I appreciate the reminder.
Ohhhh boy what a way to start. First initiative roll of the campaign for me and it’s a nat1 🥲 technically got +2 for it so 3, but-
Oh no! Well ... on the plus side, it's only up from here? 😬
Current initiative/turn update:
Luma: 21 initiative (cast sacred flame)
Cy: 18 initiative (cast mage hand)
Cloaked figure: 18 initiative (moved, held action)
Kobolds: 15 initiative (all 5 moved, attacking Jojo, Cy, Xintris, Luma)
Harliblith: 11 initiative (hiding, no further action/movement)
Nemira: 9 initiative (TURN NOT YET TAKEN)
Jojo: 7 initiative (attacked kobold #5)
Xintris: 3 initiative (TURN NOT YET TAKEN)